I couldn't get a visual of what the oracle looked like or was supposed to look like. In fact, I don't even remember any description of it. Can someone help me out with this?
The Oracle
I couldn't get a visual of what the oracle looked like or was supposed to look like. In fact, I don't even remember any description of it. Can someone help me out with this?
The book strongly suggested that she doesn't have a physical form. She appeared to Roland in the form of Susan, but I got the impression that was a mental image rather than physical.
I didn't even pick up that much, that she came to him in the form of Susan. Interesting. I almost took the lack of description as that she might have just been a pulsating light that pulsed every time she spoke. It didn't say that (to my knowledge) but I just improvised.Originally Posted by Brainslinger
Well she initially came to him as an invisible force (I think). But during her attempted seduction, I think she pulled Susan from Roland's mind. There was an underlying suggestion that there was something cold and sterile beneath though.
all i remember was that he went into the center of a rock formation, and then an invisible force was probin hiim
There isn't any description of the Oracle except for when it is in Susan's form. It would be a cool thing to have the artists on this site try to do their rendition of it in the Dark Tower artwork contest thread.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
I agree I remember it being described as not having it's own physical form. I think that it being in the form of Susan, was just a mental image that it pulled from Rolands memory, because it knew it was an emotional spot for him.
The words written upon this paper, are none compared to the words written upon my heart
What an excellent idea. I am sure we would get amazing entries. You should send this idea to Daghain in a PM. She may not read this thread.
Anyway I agree with the others. It didn't have any real physical form or more exactly nothing that Roland could see. It was like the wind... you can feel it but you can't grab, touch or see it.
The Oracle got the picture of Susan from Roland's mind that's absolutely sure. It was a quite evil thing to do.
Roland would have understood.
What an excellent idea. I am sure we would get amazing entries. You should send this idea to Daghain in a PM. She may not read this thread.
Anyway I agree with the others. It didn't have any real physical form or more exactly nothing that Roland could see. It was like the wind... you can feel it but you can't grab, touch or see it. The Oracle got the picture of Susan from Roland's mind that's absolutely sure. It was a quite evil thing to do.
purple bold part = but wait.Spoiler:
or am i totally confused and we're speaking of something completely different here? it's okay if i'm lost. just tell me to shut-up and crawl back into my shell.
spoilered for references to TWL and SoS.
The oracle can certainly touch physically and be touched (hence it's ability to 'perform') but it doesn't have a form you can see. And I'm not certain even that level of tangibility is permanent. (I.e. it assumes it when it is required.)
Later books' spoilers.
Spoiler:
You are right, turtle. My wind example wasn't perfect at all.
Roland would have understood.
It wasn't bad though. I think I understand how you came by it. There was a sense of airiness about both encounters, and even with the physical 'interaction' you got the impression the air was hardening somehow.
That last bit sounds rude. I mean the demon's body as a whole.
Oh never mind...
no, no. i was just trying to make sure i was following the conversation. how could you ever be anything less than perfect, letti?
::sits patiently:: oh, please brainslinger, do go on. . . .It wasn't bad though. I think I understand how you came by it. There was a sense of airiness about both encounters, and even with the physical 'interaction' you got the impression the air was hardening somehow.
That last bit sounds rude. I mean the demon's body as a whole.
Oh never mind...
It wasn't bad though. I think I understand how you came by it. There was a sense of airiness about both encounters, and even with the physical 'interaction' you got the impression the air was hardening somehow.
That last bit sounds rude. I mean the demon's body as a whole.
Oh never mind...
Jeeze Brain, you're such a worry-wort about this kind of thing. We got you man, we got you. I agree.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
Maybe. Or maybe I've just got a dirty mind.
We all have.
Roland would have understood.
Not me!
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
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